19-2803a.   Rules and regulations by county commissioners; publication;penalties.(a) The board of county commissioners of any county or the township boardofany township owning and operating a park, lake or other recreational areais hereby empowered to adopt, byresolution, reasonable rules andregulations regulating and licensing the use and enjoyment of any suchfacilities by the public, and for the protection and preservation of suchproperties. Except as provided in this section, any person violating suchrules and regulations shall be guiltyof a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a finenot exceeding $100 or commitment to the county jail for a period notexceeding 30 days or both such fine and imprisonment. In counties where theprosecution of the violation of any such rules and regulations is conducted inaccordance with the provisions of the code for the enforcement of county codesand resolutions, the penalties prescribed pursuant to such code shall apply.

      (b)   Before any suchresolution adopted pursuant to subsection (a) becomes effective, it shall be publishedonce each week in a newspaper of general circulation in the county forthree consecutive weeks. Except in Shawnee county, the substance of suchrules and regulations, together with the penalty for violations thereofshall be conspicuously posted at the entrance or entrances of such facility.

      History:   L. 1951, ch. 228, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 107, § 1;L. 1991, ch. 81, § 1; April 18.